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War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. A political shift similar to the Glorious Revolution is underway and I am here for it.

Elizabeth Dickson has a CV that reflects the quality of her output, which is outstanding and erudite. She is also very prolific, and does the leg-work on her subjects to back up any assertions made. What journalism used to be until the legacy media became establishment puppets.

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The West's Awake

Irish Writer.

A Ghost in the Machine

By Daniel D

I'm a regular human trying to make sense of this crazy clownworld. Let's compare notes and share strategies.

Culture, politics and humour. a winning combination from a highly engaging writer.

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bad cattitude

By el gato malo

come for the cat. stay for the toxoplasmosis.

The Honest Broker

By Ted Gioia

A trustworthy guide to music, books, arts, media & culture by Ted Gioia

Thoughts from the Shire

Thoughts from a simple man, on a crazy world

Millennial Woes

A Scottish guy pontificating about the world we are living in, and heading towards.

Morgthorak the Undead

Why read the living when you can subscribe to the undead? Join my substack for incisive takes on current events, politics, and culture.

Postcards from the Abyss

By Spiff

A substack that stares into the abyss

Bren's Buzz

By Cori Bren

Is there such a thing as too much fun? No? Rediscover your smile with Bren's Buzz & Bren's Booty - written with a feisty blend of hilariously relatable, real-life stories and irreverent tales of our quest for enlightenment.

Trish Wood is Critical

Critically thinking about why no one thinks critically anymore.

Good old experienced journalism expertise cuts through, and needs not declare a "side". Quality written and spoken word content.

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eugyppius: a plague chronicle

We are witnessing an unprecedented, comprehensive failure of policy, medicine and science. The world will never be the same.

Postcards From Barsoom

By John Carter

Perspectives from Earth's older, better-looking sister world

Tell Me How This Ends

By Chris Bray

Elite class ritual performance, cultural and political decline, military culture, and the dismal state of American journalism.

Story Arks

By Thalia Toha

On which places are best for our story arcs

The Obsolete Man

“I'm a human being, I exist. And if I speak one thought aloud that thought lives, even after I'm shovelled into my grave.”

Philosophy that non-scholars (like me) aren't mystified by and/or turned off by. Eloquent but easy to read. Highly engaging always.

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Jenn’s Substack

This is mostly an ode to sketching; quick pen sketches from life in snatches of time between moments of mothering.

I don't know much at all about art, and Jenn clearly does. But she also writes in such an immediately engaging and natural manner, that the mixture of sketches - verbal and pictorial both - are an unalloyed joy with a cup of tea and a deep chair.

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Neoliberal Feudalism

By Hermes of the Threshold

Immensurated debt slavery. Note: This is one giant essay; read The Neo-Feudal Review for regular updates.

Epic political analysis in historical context and perspective.

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Thoughts on a Typewriter

By David Sax

Newsletter written on a Smith-Corona Galaxie 12 typewriter. No revisions. Minor copyedits. One page. One take. Thoughts on analog, digital, technology and the world, plus whatever else fills the (actual) page.

Musical Musings

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